Coin savings bank



NOV. 18, 1930. w SCULLY 1,782,213

COIN SAVINGS BANK Filed Feb. 6, 1928 Patented Nev, 18, 1930 fumrEDfsTATES WAL ER I. soULLY,oF GHICAGQILLINOIS, AssIGNoRjiro G. FELSENTHAL & sons, or I CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, ArIRM oozvrrosm) or L. J..FELSE1\TTHAL AND I. G. FE SENTHAL" corn} SQAVINGS BANK. I

I hppl ication filed February 16,1928, Seria1 No; 252,153;

- This invention relates to improvementsincoin savings banks, and moreparticularly to a small containerof pocket sizeinto which P coins may be inserted from time to time and to be delivered when'filled, to a banking institution to be opened by means of a key, and

' the contents deposited.

through.

' The object of the invention is to provide an improved construction for saving banks of the character above identified and embodying features of construction calculated to facilitate the openingof the bank and the handling of the coins by the teller or other person authorized to do so. These improvedfeatures have to} do' chiefly with the mounting" of the cover of the bank and the key lockingmechm i The bank hereinafter to be described differs essentially frombanks now generally used for the same purpose in thatzthe cover is hinged to the body" portion, whereas other banks have a top whichmust be unlocked and then rotated in order to be separatedfrom the body portion This latter construction has been found objectionable by'bank tellers designated to receive deposi'ts, owing'to the fact that considerable timeandi effort are requlred Qto open the banks and to replace the cover after the coins have been emptied: Inthe 4presentconstruction, the cover is connected to p the body by" means of a novel form of hinge having arsprm'g associated therewith in such manner that' upon releasing'a latchby means of the key, the cover flies open perm itting the J p "coins to bereadily emptied; 40

Furtherfeatures"of the hinge, aswell as of the bank in general will now be described panyingdrawings, in which more indetai]. in. connection with the accom x.

-Figure1 isa topplan i closed posltion.

FgureQ 1s av ew in side elevation-bf the ,l A. l/ m Figure-3 lsaview in vertical section Ofthe bank in closed positionias takenon line 5f he ar in Figure 4 is a perspective View of the bank in open position. 1

' Figure 5 is a perspective View of thekey. Figure 6' is a View of the underside of the cover with a portionbroken away; and 1- e Figure '7 is a View in horizontal taken on line 7+7 of Figure2.

f As shown in Figure 1, a bank embodying] the features of my inventionis preferably cyllndric in shape and relatively shallow in depth, and consists in general of a narrow cylindric body portion 1 and two circular wall portions 2 and 3 on each side of the body portion and of a" slightly increaseddiameter.

One of the circular wall portions 2 is permanently fixed to the body portionl and forms the bottom wall of the bank. The other wall portion 8 is hinged tothe body portion and forms the "cover or lid. The body' portion preferably has the formof a thin metal ring section while the bottom'2 and cover 3, as'they now 7 maybe designated, are preferably of a double wall construction consisting'of inner metal disks and outer disks with their" edges crimped over the edges ofthe'inner disks and forming the foundation for celluloid coveris I ingsbearing suitable advertising, matter or e ornamental design. About the circumfer ence of the body portion 1 is-a coin slot a and a key slot 5. The coin slot is of the proper length and width to receive a coins of the larg- "est denomination intended to'berec'eived by i the bank, such forinstanoe, as a 25 piece.

The key slot 5," on the other hand, is considera ably smaller than the coin slot and is rectan. gularin shape,its dimensionsbeing justsufiicient to admit thelatch releasing end of the key, later, to be described in moredetail.

,;Ref'erring now to the details of construe- V 'acent the erioher of the disk 7 and s 321013 short distance inwardly tromthe, periphery of the body portion. Just at one side of the slot 8 1s aaL-sha-p'ed ,kert 9 n the flange 1 extending a short distancealong the periphery and then inwardly a short distance.

The purpose of this kert isto provide a tongue. 10 which maybe depressedto permit thctree end of theU-shaped hinge member 6 to be lnsert-ed sidewisemtothe slot 8 w th its freeend extending outwardly beneath the peripheral portion of the flange and beyond the outer end otpthe slot. and then forced back into the plane of the flange, thus locking the parts together, as shown. irnFigure 3. Located radially inward with respect to the slot 8 is a leaf spring llo'fabout thrcequarters of an inch inlengtln which is fixed at; its inner endto the flange 1' by passing itthrough apair of parallel slits 121 2.

The outer end of this leaf spring extendsbe n'eath the. slot 8 and is adapted to bear upwardly on a u-shaped hinge member 6150 hold the samein placeand exert a pressure tending'to force the cover into open position. Thus when the cover 1s 111 closed pos1t1on,,the

.U-shaped hinge member extends downwardly through theslot 8 with; the freeend of the spring 11 bearingupwardly against the same "and distortedto exert a s 1g tension thereon; uslmilarly, when the cover is released or unlocked from closed position, thespring acts to throw the cofver into openposition ymid to hold it therein.

The-key operated latch member is located .yin the cover atarpoint diametrically opbent downwardly and doubled upo -;1L)osite-the hinge-v6 and consists of a short Stri p ofnietal' 12 mounted for endwise sliding pmovenient in the space between the inner disk Tick the cover and the outer layer 3 thereof,

and held by guide slots 13 13 arr transversely of the latch member. The A- memberhas itsonter or forward end po to form the latch or locking Idetent ,tn same pro]ect1ng through a slot- 7 punched in the disk 7 adjacent its peripherynz The meansfor holding the latch member tracted or looking position'consists-of a length ofspring Wire 14 arranged crosswise of the latch member adjacent its inner end and supported at its ends bytwo lugs 1515.punched from the disk 7 and bent upare important.

" of the body portion 1 and in front of th wardly. The central portion of the sprins" wire 14 engages a lug 12 on the upper side at the inner end of the latch member. The action of the spring wire is to yieldably hold the latch member against sliding movement in a radial direction toward the outer edge of the cover. Corresponding to the location of thedetent 12 of the latch member is a keeper slot 16 in the flange 1 of the body 'por'tion 1, the same beingslightly cnlai-ged at this point to provide sui'li ien t metal in which to form the slot. In order to prevent the coins from blocking the entrance of the keyintothekey slot, a guard to..-guc 17 is formed integral with the flange 1 justinwardly fnomthe keeper slot 15, this tongue being bent downwardly and ini eirdly in front of the key slot 5.

Figure 5 shows a simpleforni of key-A haying at its end a tongue a bent at ri angles. Assuming that the bank is loc with the latch member engaging the he: 7 slot (Figure 3) the key is l1lS l?i.-Cl; mlm1 s tongue uppermost, and by pressing do nwardlyon, the key, the edge of the tongue engages the locking detent 12 of the latch i'nember forcing it forward, thus rele the cover whereupon it flies open by the ac tion of the hinge spring.

The advantage of afhinge constructed as herein shown, is chiefly the fact that it is entirelyconcealed within-the interior of the bankand no portion is accessible from the exteriorwhich might be removed or otherwise tampered with in such a Way as to. open the bank without the use of a. key.- Furthermore, this particular hinge construction occupies but little space within the bank and is free to operate regardless of the number of eoinswhich may be insertedin the bank. And finally, it provides a simple and satisfactory form of hinge from a manufacturing and'assembly standpoint, both of which 'Beferring'now to the coin guard, it will the observed th at, the bottom wall; of the bank has an inner disk 18 of thininetal. Pressed into this inner disk is a radiallydisposed V- shaped recess 19 facing downwardly and providing a space between :the two disks forming the "bottom. Within this space is mounted-a .U-shaped spring 20 consisting of? length of wire bent to shape and hating upwardly projecting ends or prongs i20'"-20 extending transversely of the inner surface Q coin slot tinwardly from each endthereef. This. U-shape spring is fixed to the disk 18 by means of small slits21-21 punched in the disk near the apex of the depressed portion of the disk 18, through which the end of the spring is inserted and held. The prongs orv fingers QUE-20 extendthrough a slot 19? at the edge of the depression 19 and are free to be spread apart bya co-in being inserted through the coin slot, the resiliency of the arms bringing the prongs together after the. coin has passed between them, and effectually closing the slot against the coins passing outwardly therethrough. The advantage of this type of coin guardis the fact that the pron s are not pressed inwardly into the space occupied by-the coins but rather are spread apart adjacent the plane of the coin slot and therefore do not crowd the coins already in-the bank and interfere with the insertion of coins, particularly when the same is substantially filled.

Having'set forth a preferred embodiment of the invention, I claim V c 1. A coin savings bank comprising a body portion having an inwardly extending I marginal flange about its open edge, 'a

flanged cover member adapted to close the open side of said body and having anintegral hook-shapedihinge member adjacent 1 its periphery and projecting from its under side with itsfree end spacedtherefrom, there being a slot in said flangead apted' to receive saidhinge member with its free end extend- "ed outwardly beyond oneendof said slot,

said flange being slit adjacentsaid opening 7 to permit the material of said flangeto be yieldingly depressed to eifect the insertion of said hinge member into said opening, and a leaf'spring mounted on said flange and bearing at its free end against said hinge member. v r

2. A coin savings'bank comprising a body portion having an inwardly extending marglnal flange about ltSOPGn' edge, a cover adaptedlto close the open side of said body and having an inner wall from whichxa' U- shapedhin'ge member is punchedland bent member adapted to be hinged to said body member, the latter having an inwardly extending wall sector in the plane of its open side and said cover having a hook-shaped hinge member depending from its under sid? and adapted to be inserted through an opening in said wall sector withits free end portion extending radially beyond the outer edge ofsaid opening, and a leaf spring supported at one end in saidwall sector with its free end extending below the same and in bearing contact with said hinge member.

5; A coin savings (bank comprising a circular. body member having an open side and 'acover member hinged to said body menu -ber-[and normally closing sa1d open side thereof, sa1d:. body member having a wall sector extending inwardly in the plane of its open/side, and said cover having a hookshaped hinge member depending from its under, sideadjacent its edge and adapted to beinserted through anopening out in said wall portion, with its free end extending radially beyondthe outer edge of said slot, and directed toward the under side of said wall sector, and a leaf spring supported at one end on said wall portion andbearing at its free end against said hinge member below sa1d opening.

Signed at Chicago, this 2nd day of 1928. a i v WALTER P. soULLY,

downwardly and outwardly adjacent its pe-,

riphery, there being .a slot in said flange and a yielding portion of the'flange adjainsertable-in saidvslot with its free end e cent said slotwvliereby said hinge member is j tended beyond the outer end thereof, and a I leaf spring mounted on: an inwardly eX- tended portion of said flange and bearing atits free end against the under side of said hinge member. I A p i A coin savings bank comprising abody having an opening in "one side partially closed by an inwardlyextending wall sector lying in the plane of said opening,

cover member adapted to fit over the open side of. said bodyand having a hook memf ber dependingfrom its under side withits V free end directed toward-the edgeof said cover, said wall sectorhaving a slot through against said hook member.

free end directed upwardly toward said w all' sector and a, leaf spring secured at orielend at itsfree end J to said wall sector and bearing i which said hook member is inserted withits i 

